Yes, Andrea, all the time by people obsessed with linen backing and the dealers associated with a linen backer and/or their business. Some of these folk would linen back you, if you stood still long enough!
The most absurd linen backing a DS poster I have seen was the person who paid a significant amount for a ZULU DS one sheet, which along with the DS one sheets for ONE EYED JACKS and BaT, is perhaps the earliest example of modern era DS posters, and then promptly had it linen backed to fix up the "flaws" which consisted of a few pinholes and a bit of corner wear. Of course, this rendered the very thing that made the poster special - unspecial. I know of no other area of poster collecting that has the obsession by some collectors for "cosmetic perfection". Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrea Kanter To: Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Linen-backing a 2006 poster? No way, who on earth would linen back a DS? Is that actually done? Andrea On Oct 15, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Phil Edwards wrote: And doubtless it was double-sided, as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Richard To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:26 AM Subject: [MOPO] Linen-backing a 2006 poster? Bruce's auction today contains a textbook example of how insane the whole linen-backing craze became in recent years. Why would anybody pay to linen-back a 2006 movie poster? And then do a poor job of it? http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1587401 ... and I'm not even going to go into the question of why there are already 10 bids on this offense to nature which have pushed it up to $39 with 3 hours still to go... -- JR Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.